Lock.



S. SEGAL. LOCK. APPLICATION FILED MAYZQ, 1913.

wvy m @ig n Patented Feb. 17, 1914.

@Henley UNITED I sTATEs PATENT ernten. j

SAMUEL SEG-AL, 0.1i* NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNR T0 BRGLAR RCOF LOCEOMFANY,

' INC., OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION 0I? NEW YRK;

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To-all whom itmag/ concern Be 1t known that I, SAMUEL York city, in thecounty of New York and State of New York, have invented new and usefulImprovements .in Locks, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to attachments for locks and has for its object toprovide a simple and eliicient means for connecting the lock casing andkeeper, whereby, to prevent the prying open of like.

the novel details of construction and combination of parts more fullyhereinafter described and particularly pointed` out in the claims,

Referring to the accompanying drawings forming a part of thisspecication in which like numerals designate like parts in all theviewsz-#Figure l is a perspective View of a'l'ock of the Yale typeshowing 'my invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a hori` zontalsectional vie-w of a portion of a door and 1casing with the parts shownin Fig. l secured to position thereon, and also showino' parts of thelock broken away 'for the salie of clearness, and Fig. 3 is a etailperspective view of the angular tie strip.

Referring to the drawings in detail 'i indicates a portion of a door towhich is sev cured the lock casing 2, 3 indicates a portion of the-doorcasing to which is secured the keeper 4, and' 5 indicates a tie stripttor connecting the lock casing and keeper when the door is 1n theclosed and locked position,

Specication oflltetters Peten@ Application tiled May 29, 1913. SeriaiNo. 77033611..

SEGL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newa door from itscasing, by the use of a burglars tool or the To these-ends theinventionconsists in Patented- Fen 1v, i914.

and ,is of such size as to receive the bolt it when 1t passes into thekeeper.; Thus, it

-Will'be seen thatthepresence of the angu-`v llar-sluiped tie stripoperates tounite the lock casing' and keeper when the parts are eornctedand locked ne shown nFigs. l an By meansmt the upwardly projecting lug12 formed on the lock casingit will be 'seen 'that the angular tie stripis normally held in horizontal position and that the bolt ref .ceivingportion of Athe strip is properly guided into and out of the keeper whenthe door is opened and closed. A small' knob or handle 13 is alsoprovide end of the angular strip for t e purpose of throwing it into andout of operative relation with the keeper when desired.

From the foregoing it will he seen ,that

lby the use of an improved lock constructed in accordancey with .myinvention.,v it will be practically impossible to spring lthe lockcasing from its keeper as is now done bybnrglars by the insert-lon of atoolbetween the door and its easing.

K It is obvious that those skilled in the. art may vary the details et"construction and arrangements of parts wit-hout departing from thespirit ot my invention and' theretore' l do not wish to be limited to'such features exceptas may be required by the claims. i

W hat is claimed as new is:

1. Means for connecting the lock Casin and keeper, comprising anangular-shape tie strip pivotalty connected at one end to the lockcasini and havingvits other end adapted tobe detachably intel-lockedwith the keeper, said strip being also adapted to be thrown into andAout oifo'perative relai on the free to-the lock casing. and having its4 through the lateral opening tereof.

haviiig its other end interlocked Within the l In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature keeper by passing through the lateral openin presenceof two Witnesses.V

in@ thereof said tie strip being provided l v wih an opening in the1ast-named end for i SAMUEL SEGAL' receiving the lock boit, and a lugmounted Witnesses: on the lock casing for holding the tie strip y C,JAMES CRONIN, 1n operative relation with the keeper. WM. C. WOLF.

